Real Time Item Listing Modification

ABSTRACT

Real time item listing modification is described. A listing modification system receives, via a real time communication protocol from a client device, user interaction data that describes an item listing of a network-based commerce system currently being accessed at the client device. The user interaction data further describes an identity of a user of the client device and a mariner in which the user of the client device interacts with the item listing. A modification user interface is generated for output at a different computing device and configured to present the user interaction data together with controls that are selectable to cause modification of the item listing output to the client device. The modified item listing is selectively output to only the client device, such that other computing devices simultaneously accessing the item listing are not updated to display the modified item listing.

PRIORITY

This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 16/872,908, filed May 12, 2020, which claimspriority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 62/899,060, filed on Sep.11, 2019, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by referencein their entireties.

BACKGROUND

Network-based commerce systems are increasingly becoming a preferredmechanism by which vendors offer goods and services for sale overconventional avenues, such as brick-and-mortar retail stores. Althoughthe proliferation of network-based commerce systems enable vendors toreach a wider audience not geographically restricted by a physicallocation of the vendor, conventional network-based commerce systemsstill face significant disadvantages. For instance, conventionalnetwork-based commerce systems require a vendor to statically define anappearance of an item listing before it is published by the system andprovide the vendor with limited feedback regarding the item listing,such as a total number of impressions to the item listing or a number ofpurchases made using the item listing. Consequently, vendors offeringitem listings on conventional network-based commerce systems are unableto determine how users are interacting with their item listings in realtime, and are restricted to gleaning limited information offered by thecommerce system regarding the item listing.

Furthermore, due to the computational and network resources required toaggregate and analyze logging data that is useable to describe the totalnumber of impressions to, or number of purchases made from, the itemlisting, network-based commerce systems offer feedback regarding an itemlisting only sporadically. Due to this limited information, vendors areunable to instantly decide how an item listing should be modified basedon this feedback, and are instead forced to wait until the commercesystem provides such feedback. Furthermore, vendors are required todefine a static item listing that is presented to every user of thenetwork-based commerce system, thus making it impossible to tailor itemlistings for a particular individual. Consequently, vendors may avoidusing such conventional network-based commerce systems.

SUMMARY

To overcome these problems, real time item listing modification isdescribed. A listing modification system receives, from a client device,user interaction data that describes an item listing of a network-basedcommerce system currently being accessed at the client device. The userinteraction data may further describe an identity of a user of theclient device. The user interaction data is received via a real timecommunication protocol connecting the client device to the listingmodification system, such that the user interaction data is constantlyreceived to define a manner in which the item listing is presented atthe client device as well as a manner in which the user of the clientdevice interacts with the item listing. The user interaction data isthen used to generate a modification user interface for output at adifferent computing device, such as a computing device disposed with anowner of the item listing being accessed by the client device. Themodification user interface is configured to describe an identity of theuser accessing the item listing, an indication of the item listing beingaccessed, and a manner in which the user is interacting with the itemlisting. The modification user interface is further configured topresent controls that are selectable to cause modification of the itemlisting as output to the client device. In response to receiving inputto one or more of the modification controls, the listing modificationsystem generates a modified item listing to be communicated for outputat the client device. The modified item listing is selectively output toonly the client device, such that other computing devices simultaneouslyaccessing the item listing are not updated to display the modified itemlisting. This enables real time feedback describing a current manner inwhich users interact with an item listing and convenient controls formodifying the item listing in real time in a manner that is tailored tothe current behavior of a particular user with respect to the itemlisting.

This Summary introduces a selection of concepts in a simplified formthat are further described below in the Detailed Description. As such,this Summary is not intended to identify essential features of theclaimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid indetermining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanyingfigures.

FIG. 1 is an illustration of an environment in an example implementationthat is operable to employ real time item listing modificationtechniques described herein.

FIG. 2 depicts an example implementation in which a listing modificationsystem of FIG. 1 generates a modified user interface for an itemlisting.

FIG. 3 depicts an example implementation of a user interface configuredto enable real time modifications to an item listing.

FIG. 4 depicts an example implementation of a user interface configuredto enable real time modifications to an item listing.

FIG. 5 depicts an example implementation of a user interface configuredto enable real time modifications to an item listing.

FIG. 6 depicts an example implementation of a user interface configuredto enable real time modifications to an item listing.

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram depicting a procedure in an exampleimplementation for generating a modified user interface for an itemlisting.

FIG. 8 is a flow diagram depicting a procedure in an exampleimplementation for generating a modified user interface for an itemlisting independent of user intervention.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example system including various components of anexample device that can be implemented as any type of computing deviceas described and/or utilized with reference to FIGS. 1-8 to implementembodiments of the techniques described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Overview

With advances in computing device technology, network-based commercesystems are increasingly used as a mechanism to publish item listingsoffering goods, services, and so forth. While existing design tools aidin defining a visual appearance of such item listings, a major challengeremains in determining how users experience these item listings aspublished by various network-based commerce systems. Conventionalsystems log customer data while customers browse different itemlistings, which is then stored, aggregated, and analyzed to gleaninformation describing historical user behavior. However, due to thecomputational and network resources required to collect, store, andanalyze this user behavior information, conventional network-basedcommerce systems are dissuaded from continuously analyzing andpublishing user behavior information due to the prohibitive amount ofresources required to do so. Conventional systems further thus faceinefficiencies that cause delays in aggregating and providing userbehavior information for vendor review and analysis.

To mitigate the amount of computational and network resources requiredto provide feedback regarding user behavior relative to an item listing,some conventional network-based commerce systems provide only limitedinformation describing generic user behavior, such as an overall numberof impressions made by the item listing upon different computing devicesor an overall number of purchases or conversions attributable to theitem listing. However, these conventional approaches fail to provide avendor associated with the item listing with information that accuratelydescribes how a specific user interacts with the item listing, insteadproviding information for only a population of users sharing a commoncharacteristic (e.g., geographic, gender, age, etc.).

Accordingly, systems and techniques are described herein that supportreal time item listing modifications, in which information describing aspecific user's interactions with a particular item listing at a clientdevice are monitored and communicated to a listing modification systemvia a continuously streaming connection (e.g., as enabled by a real timecommunication protocol). By communicating user interaction informationvia the continuously streaming connection, the techniques and systemsdescribed herein advantageously do not require a network-based commercesystem to store and analyze user behavior information, therebysignificantly reducing network and computational resource overhead.

The listing modification system is configured to output user interactiondata in a modification user interface that describes the specific user'sinteractions with the particular item listing in real time and furtherincludes controls for modifying the item listing in a manner that istailored to the client device, without affecting how the same itemlisting is output at different computing devices. As such, thetechniques described herein enable an entity associated with the itemlisting to identify exactly how users of a network-based commerce systemare interacting (e.g., viewing, navigating, etc.) the item listing asthe interactions occur.

The listing modification system is further configured to generate thecontrols for modifying the item listing based on particular informationincluded in the item listing, as well as the information describing thespecific user's interactions with the item listing. In this manner, thetechniques described herein provide a user interface that intuitivelyenables modification of an item listing without requiring knowledge orexpertise otherwise required by conventional systems to define an itemlisting from scratch or write code that is executable by suchconventional systems to change an appearance of the item listing.Furthermore, the modification user interface described herein enablesmore efficient tool for modifying attributes of an item listing incontrast to the time and effort required by even those most skilled ingenerating item listings from scratch.

In response to receiving input at one or more of the modificationcontrols presented in the modification user interface, the listingmodification system generates modification instructions that define amanner in which the item listing should be modified at the clientdevice. In some implementations, the listing modification systemimplements a trained machine learning model configured to automaticallyselect, independent of user intervention, one or more of themodification options based on characteristics of an item listing as wellas user interaction data describing a specified user's interaction withthe item listing. The modification instructions are further useable bythe listing modification system to generate a modified item listing andcommunicate the modified item listing to only the client device, thusenabling an entity associated with the item listing to interact with thespecific user of the client device in a personalized manner not enabledby conventional network-based commerce systems.

Example Environment

FIG. 1 illustrates a digital medium environment 100 in an exampleimplementation that is operable to employ the real time item listingmodification techniques described herein. The illustrated environment100 includes a service provider device 102, which may be configured in avariety of manners. The service provider device 102, for instance, maybe configured as a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a mobile device(e.g., assuming a handheld configuration such as a tablet or mobilephone), and so forth. Thus, the service provider device 102 may rangefrom full resource devices with substantial memory and/or processingresources (e.g., mobile devices). Additionally, although a singleservice provider device 102 is shown, the service provider device 102may be representative of a plurality of different devices, such asmultiple servers utilized by a business to perform operations “over thecloud” as described in further detail below with respect to FIG. 9.

The service provider device 102 is illustrated as including listingmodification system 104. The listing modification system 104 isimplemented at least partially in hardware of the service providerdevice 102 and represents functionality of the service provider device102 to receive user interaction data 106, which describes in real time amanner in which a user interacts (e.g., via inputs to a first computingdevice 108 disposed with the user) with an item listing 110. The itemlisting 110 is representative of publication information describing oneor more goods or services. For instance, the item listing 110 may berepresentative of publication information describing various goods(e.g., cars, consumer electronics, appliances, books, movies, and soforth) offered for sale via a network-based commerce system.Alternatively or additionally, the item listing 110 may berepresentative of publication information describing various services(e.g., travel agencies, car rentals, hotel reservations, equipmentrentals, real estate services, and the like) offered for sale via thenetwork-based commerce system.

In addition to receiving user interaction data 106 describing a user'sinteraction with item listing 110, the listing modification system 104represents functionality of the service provider device 102 to analyzethe user interaction data 106 and identify one or more item listingmodification options for modifying the item listing 110 in a manner thatis specific to the user of the first computing device 108 from which theuser interaction data 106 was generated. In some implementations, thelisting modification system 104 presents the one or more item listingmodification options to an owner or entity associated with the itemlisting 110, as illustrated by the communication of the modificationuser interface 112 to a second computing device 114.

The modification user interface 112 generated by the listingmodification system 104 is configured to present information describinga user to which the user interaction data 106 pertains as well asinformation describing the user interaction data 106 In this manner, themodification user interface 112 enables a user of the second computingdevice 114 to understand, in real time as the user of the firstcomputing device 108 interacts with the item listing 110, a specificmanner in which the user is interacting with, or otherwise experiencing,the item listing 110. The modification user interface 112 is furtherconfigured to present controls that enable modifying the item listing,such as the one or more item listing modification options identified bythe listing modification system 104 based on the user interaction data106.

Controls of the modification user interface 112 thus provide a user ofthe second computing device 114 with a mechanism for generatingmodification instructions 116 that dictate a manner in which to modifythe item listing 110. By enabling generation of the modificationinstructions 116 via controls of the modification user interface 112,the listing modification system 104 provides a practical interface thatenables modification of the item listing 110 that can be operated by adiverse range of users, without requiring specialized knowledge of howto write code or script that is executable by the first computing device108 to output a display of the item listing 110, or modificationsthereof.

In response to receiving at modification instructions 116 from thesecond computing device 114, the listing modification system 104 isconfigured to generate a modified item listing 118, which represents aninstance of the item listing 110 with at least one property modified toalter a visual appearance of the item listing 110 as displayed at thefirst computing device 108. Although illustrated as being generatedbased on modification instructions 116 received from second computingdevice 114, the listing modification system 104 is configured to,alternatively or additionally, generate modification instructions 116automatically and independent of user input or intervention in order togenerate the modified item listing 118. In such a scenario, generationof the modification instructions 116 may be performed by a machinelearning model, implemented by the listing modification system 104,trained to generate modification instructions 116 for an item listing110 based on information included in the user interaction data 106.

To enable the techniques described herein, the listing modificationsystem 104 employs the analysis module 120, the presentation module 122,and the modification module 124. The analysis module 120, thepresentation module 122, and the modification module 124 are implementedat least partially in hardware of the service provider device 102 (e.g.,through use of a processing system and computer-readable storage media),as described in further detail below with respect to FIG. 9.

The analysis module 120 is representative of functionality of theservice provider device 102 to receive user interaction data 106 andtranslate the user interaction data 106 into a form that enables a userof the second computing device 114 to understand a manner in which auser of the first computing device 108 is interacting with or otherwiseexperiencing the item listing 110 (e.g., a textual description, a visualillustration, an audible description, combinations thereof, and soforth). The analysis module 120 is further representative offunctionality of the service provider device 102 to differentiate, basedon the user interaction data 106, the user of the first computing device108 from other users of the first computing device 108 as well as usersof devices other than the first computing device 108.

The analysis module 120 additionally represents functionality of theservice provider device 102 to identify one or more modification optionsfor use in generating the modified item listing 118, based oninformation described by the user interaction data 106. For instance, inan example implementation where the user interaction data 106 indicatesthat a user of the first computing device 108 does not maintain focus tofully consider (e.g., scrolls past) various aspects of the item listing110, such as an item description, images, videos, and the like, andinstead spends relatively significant time considering user reviewsassociated with the item listing 110. In such an example implementation,the analysis module 120 may identify a potential modification option ascausing the item listing 110 to visually emphasize a certain set orsubset of user reviews, such as user reviews rated as being most helpfulfor each of a variety of different rating categories, for the itemlisting 110 as displayed at the first computing device 108.

Further examples of manners in which the item listing 110 may bemodified for display at the first computing device 108 are described infurther detail below with respect to FIGS. 6 and 7. Although describedherein with explanatory reference to specific examples of manners inwhich item listing 110 may be modified, the techniques described hereinare not so limited by the specific examples and are extendable any typeof modification that changes a manner in which the item listing 110 isvisually and/or audibly output at the first computing device 108.

The presentation module 122 is representative of functionality of theservice provider device 102 to cause output of the item listing 110 atthe first computing device 108, output of the modification userinterface 112 at the second computing device 114, and the modified itemlisting 118 at the first computing device 108. In some implementations,the presentation module 122 is configured to generate each of the itemlisting 110, the modification user interface 112, and the modified itemlisting 118 before transmitting to the appropriate computing device(e.g., the first computing device 108 or the second computing device114). Alternatively or additionally, the presentation module 122 isconfigured to generate and transmit information that is useable by thefirst computing device 108 to locally generate and output a display ofthe item listing 110 and the modified item listing 118. In a similarmanner, the presentation module 122 is alternatively or additionallyconfigured to generate and transmit information that is useable by thesecond computing device 114 to locally generate and output a display ofthe modification user interface 112.

The modification module 124 is representative of functionality of theservice provider device 102 to generate modification instructions 116,which are representative of information that defines a manner in whichthe presentation module 122 alters the item listing 110 to generate themodified item listing 118. In addition to including informationdescribing a manner in which the item listing 110 is to be modified inorder to generate the modified item listing 118, the modificationinstructions 116 include information identifying a computing device forwhich the modified item listing 118 is to be output. For instance, inthe illustrated example of FIG. 1, the modification instructions 116include information specifying that the modified item listing 118 isconfigured for output at the first computing device 10.

In this manner, the presentation module 122 is provided with informationthat identifies a particular device for which the modified item listing118 is generated, such that other computing devices simultaneouslyaccessing the item listing 110 are not provided with the modified itemlisting 118. Consequently, the techniques described herein enable thelisting modification system 104 to generate a plurality of differentmodified item listings 118 for a single item listing 110, wheredifferent ones of the modified item listings 118 can be simultaneouslyoutput to different computing devices, enabling customization of itemlistings for particular computing devices, without affecting a manner inwhich users of other computing devices experience the item listing.

Communication of information among the service provider device 102, thefirst computing device 108, and the second computing device 114 (e.g.,the user interaction data 106, the item listing 110, the modificationuser interface 112, the modification instructions 116, and the modifieditem listing 118) is enabled via the network 126. To enablefunctionality of the techniques described herein, the network 126 isrepresentative of a real time communication protocol that connects theservice provider device 102, the first computing device 108, and thesecond computing device 114, one to another. For instance, the network126 may represent functionality of a real time communication protocol,such as a remote procedure call (e.g., gRPC), that enables a streaming,always-connected link between the first computing device 108, theservice provider device 102, and the second computing device 114. Inthis manner, generation and transmission of the user interaction data106, the modification user interface 112, the modification instructions116, and the modified item listing 118 are configured to occur during asingle browsing session in which the item listing 110 is presented atthe first computing device 108.

As described herein, a single browsing session may be defined asbeginning when the first computing device 108 brings the item listing110 into focus and terminate when the item listing 110 is no longer infocus at the first computing device 108. The item listing 110 isconsidered to be in focus at the first computing device 108 when theitem listing 110 is selected as a component configured to receive inputat a graphical user interface of the first computing device 108, and isconsidered to no longer be in focus when not selected as a componentconfigured to receive input (e.g., when a different application, window,etc. is selected to receive input at the graphical user interface of thefirst computing device 108). Alternatively or additionally, a singlebrowsing session may be defined as beginning when the item listing 110is loaded for output at the first computing device 108 and terminatingwhen output of the item listing 110 is ceased at the first computingdevice 108 (e.g., when a browser window including the item listing 110is closed). As such, the techniques described herein enable the listingmodification system 104 to update the item listing 110 output at thefirst computing device 108 using the modified item listing 118 in realtime, without requiring that a user of the first computing device 108navigate away from, other otherwise reload, the item listing 110.Operation of the analysis module 120, the presentation module 122, andthe modification module 124 is described in further detail below.

Having considered an example digital medium environment, consider now adiscussion of example implementations of generating a modified itemlisting using the techniques described herein.

Real Time Item Listing Modification

FIG. 2 depicts a system 200 in an example implementation showingoperation of the listing modification system 104 of FIG. 1 in greaterdetail as generating a modified item listing 118 based on userinteraction data 106 describing a manner in which a user of firstcomputing device 108 interacts with, or otherwise experiences, the itemlisting 110. Using the techniques described herein, the modified itemlisting 118 is generated in real time, such that the modified itemlisting 118 can be output without requiring that the first computingdevice 108 remove focus from, or otherwise interrupt display of, theitem listing 110. In addition to being generated and output in realtime, the techniques described herein generate the modified item listing118 specifically for the first computing device 108, such that in anexample scenario where multiple different computing devices aresimultaneously viewing the item listing 110, the modified item listing118 is output only to the first computing device 108 and not others ofthe different computing devices simultaneously viewing the item listing110.

In the illustrated example, the listing modification system 104 receivesuser interaction data 106 that describes a manner in which a user of thefirst computing device 108 is interacting with the item listing 110. Asan example, the user interaction data 106 may include informationdescribing an identity of a user of the first computing device 108 aswell as an indication of the item listing 110 currently being output atthe first computing device 108. For instance, using the example itemlisting 110 illustrated in FIG. 1, the user interaction data 106 mayindicate that the first computing device 108 is viewing an item listingfor “Union Jack Shoes,” with a first image of the item listing currentlybeing displayed together with an item price of $110.00 and selectableoptions for viewing shipping options, user reviews, and one or moredifferent images and videos for the item listing 110 currently displayedin a user interface of the first computing device 108. In someimplementations, the user interaction data 106 may further includeinformation describing an identity of the user of the first computingdevice 108.

Upon receiving the user interaction data 106, the analysis module 120 isconfigured to extract a user identifier 202 and an interactiondescription 204 from the user interaction data 106. The user identifier202 may include information describing an identity of the userinteracting with the item listing 110 at the first computing device 108.An example manner in which the listing modification system 104 maydetermine the user identifier 202 is described and illustrated infurther detail below with respect to FIG. 3. In some implementations,the user identifier 202 may include information that is uniquelyattributable to a particular user (e.g., a username, a personallyidentifiable information, etc.). Alternatively, the user identifier 202may be anonymized, such that a personal identity of the user of thefirst computing device 108 cannot be ascertained by the listingmodification system 104, the service provider device 102, or the secondcomputing device 114. In such a scenario, the user identifier 202 mayinclude generic information that is useable to distinguish theanonymized user of the first computing device 108 from different usersof the first computing device 108 and/or users of computing devicesother than the first computing device 108.

The interaction description 204 is representative of information thatidentifies the item listing 110 as well as information describing amanner in which the user of the first computing device 108 isinteracting with, or otherwise experiencing, the item listing 110. Byvirtue of the first computing device 108 and the listing modificationsystem 104 being connected via a real time communication protocol, theanalysis module 120 is configured to constantly generate and communicatethe interaction 204 to the presentation module 122 during a browsingsession in which the item listing 110 is accessed by the first computingdevice 108. The interaction description 204 therefore includesinformation describing a particular manner in which the first computingdevice 108 outputs the item listing 110 for display to a viewing user,such as particular sections or subsections of the item listing 110currently being output for display at the first computing device 108,inputs received at the first computing device 108 in navigating the itemlisting 110, a manner in which the first computing device 108 navigatesto/away from the item listing 110, and so forth. In this manner, theinteraction description 204 includes comprehensive information that isuseable by the presentation module 122 to generate an identical displayof the item listing 110 as output at the first computing device 108, inreal time, such that any input to or navigation of the item listing 110can be immediately tracked and reproduced by the listing modificationsystem 104.

In some implementations, the interaction description 204 furtherincludes historical information associated with a particular user, suchas the particular user associated with the user identifier 202. Forinstance, in an example scenario where the user identifier 202corresponds to a known user profile associated with a network-basedcommerce system, the interaction description 204 may include historicuser behavior pertaining to one or more listings of the network-basedcommerce system, such as user search preferences, user purchasingpreferences, addresses associated with the user identifier 202,combinations thereof, and so forth.

In addition to extracting the user identifier 202 and the interactiondescription 204 from the constant stream of user interaction data 106received via the real time communication protocol connecting the listingmodification system 104 with the first computing device 108, theanalysis module 120 is further configured to identify and output one ormore modification options 206 for generating the modified item listing118. The modification options 206 output by the analysis module 120 maybe identified based on information included in the user interaction data106, such as identified based on a portion of the item listing 110currently being displayed at the first computing device 108.

For instance, in response to determining that the interactiondescription 204 indicates that a location of the first computing device108 is geographically close to a warehouse from which the subject itemof the item listing is to be shipped, the analysis module 120 mayidentify a potential modification option 206 is to visually emphasize anoption for local delivery that may not have been considered by a user ofthe first computing device 108. Alternatively or additionally, themodification options 206 output by the analysis module 120 may bedetermined based on user interaction data 106 describing a behavior ofthe user of the first computing device 108 while interacting with theitem listing 110. For instance, in response to detecting that a user ofthe first computing device 108 is browsing the item listing using searchcriteria indicating that the user is interested in purchasing multipleitems of the subject item listing 110, the modification options 206 mayinclude an option to add display of an coupon to the item listing (e.g.,indicating a 15% discount when multiple quantities are orderedsimultaneously).

In addition to identifying certain modification options 206 based on theuser interaction data 106, the analysis module 120 is configured toidentify each discrete portion of the item listing 110 (e.g., title,price, description, user reviews, shipping options, and so forth) andgenerate a corresponding modification option 206 that pertains to thediscrete portion of the item listing 110. In this manner, themodification options 206 generated by the analysis module 120 arerepresentative of altering any potential manner in which the itemlisting 110 is visually and/or audibly output at the first computingdevice 108. The analysis module 120 is then configured to communicatethe user identifier 202, the interaction description 204, and themodification options 206 to the presentation module 122.

Upon receipt of the user identifier 202, the interaction description204, and the modification options 206, the presentation module 122 isconfigured to generate a modification user interface 112 for output atsecond computing device 114. The modification user interface 112 isrepresentative of a user interface that displays information enabling auser of the second computing device 114 to understand a manner in whicha user of the first computing device 108 is interacting with orotherwise experiencing the item listing 110 (e.g., a textualdescription, a visual illustration, an audible description, combinationsthereof, and so forth). The modification user interface 112 is furtherconfigured to include controls that enable modification of the itemlisting 110, such as individual controls corresponding to each of themodification options 206 identified by the analysis module 120.

Controls of the modification user interface 112 thus provide a user ofthe second computing device 114 with a mechanism for generatingmodification instructions 116 that dictate a manner in which to modifythe item listing 110. By enabling generation of the modificationinstructions 116 via controls of the modification user interface 112,the listing modification system 104 provides a practical interface thatenables modification of the item listing 110 that can be operated by adiverse range of users, without requiring specialized knowledge of howto write code or script that is executable by the first computing device108 to output a display of the item listing 110, or modificationsthereof. Example modification user interfaces 112 and examplemodification options 206 are described in further detail below withrespect to FIGS. 3-6.

In response to receiving a selection of one or more of the modificationoptions 206 as presented in the modification user interface 112, thesecond computing device 114 generates and transmits modificationinstructions 116 to the listing modification system 104. Themodification instructions 116 dictate a manner in which to modify theitem listing 110 in order to generate the modified item listing 118.Alternatively, rather than generating the modification instructions 116at the second computing device 114 prior to transmission to the serviceprovider device 102, the second computing device 114 may insteadcommunicate an indication of which modification options 206 are selectedvia input at the second computing device 114 and leverage themodification module 124 to generate the modification instructions 116.

In some implementations, the modification module 124 is configured togenerate modification instructions 116 independent of transmitting themodification user interface 112 to the second computing device 114 orreceiving information from the second computing device 114 that isuseable to define the modification instructions 116. For instance, themodification module 124 may implement a trained machine learning model208 that is configured to automatically generate modificationinstructions for an item listing 110 based on the user identifier 202,the interaction description 204 and the modification options 206generated by the analysis module 120. Functionality of the listingmodification system 104 to automatically determine modificationinstructions 116 independent of user intervention is illustrated via thedashed-outline arrow connecting the presentation module 122 to themodification module 124, and is representative of transmitting the useridentifier 202, the interaction description 204, and the modificationoptions 206 to the modification module 124.

As described herein, the machine learning model 208 is representative ofa machine learning model configured to identify patterns in trainingdata (e.g., labeled user interaction data 106) and generate outputpredictions (e.g., modification instructions 116) based on theidentified patterns. As such, the machine learning model 208 isrepresentative of any type of machine learning model, including but notlimited to models with architectures based on neural networks (e.g.,fully-connected neural networks, convolutional neural networks, orrecurrent neural networks), deep learning networks, generativeadversarial networks (GANs), decision trees, support vector machines,linear regression, logistic regression, Bayesian networks, random forestlearning, dimensionality reduction algorithms, boosting algorithms,combinations thereof, and so forth.

The machine learning model 208 is further representative of a machinelearning model configured to generate modification instructions for anitem listing, via supervised learning in which parameters of the machinelearning model are tuned to generate reliable and accurate modificationinstructions 116 when provided user interaction data 106 as input. Sucha supervised learning process may include defining ideal modificationinstructions 116 to be generated for particular user interaction data106 (e.g., presentation of a 20% discount coupon for purchase ofmultiple items in a single order, when the user interaction data 106indicates that a user has a history of purchasing multiple items at atime). Continuing this example supervised learning process, theparticular user interaction data 106 may be provided as input to themachine learning model 208 to prompt the machine learning model 208 tooutput modification instructions 116, with feedback guiding tuningparameters of the machine learning model 208 until the parameters causeoutput of the ideal modification instructions 116. Such a supervisedlearning process may include providing a diverse range of different userinteraction data and associated ideal modification instructions, suchthat the machine learning model 208 can accommodate a diverse range ofdifferent user behavior with respect to different items listings.

The modification instructions 116 are then used by the presentationmodule 122 to generate the modified item listing 118. After generatingthe modified item listing 118, the presentation module 122 communicatesthe modified item listing 118 to the first computing device 108 foroutput in place of the item listing 110. As described herein, themodified item listing 118 is generated particularly for the firstcomputing device 108. As such, in an example scenario where the firstcomputing device 108 is viewing the item listing 110 simultaneously withother, different computing devices, the modified item listing 118 isoutput only at the first computing device 108, without affecting amanner in with the other, different computing devices output the itemlisting 110.

Having considered an example implementation of generating a modifieditem listing, consider now example modification user interfaces useableto modify an item listing using the techniques described herein.

FIG. 3 depicts an example interface for an item listing 110 output atthe first computing device 108 and a corresponding example modificationuser interface 112 output at the second computing device 114. In theillustrated example, interface 302 is representative of a portion of anitem listing 110 output for display at the first computing device 108,with interface 308 representing a portion of a modification userinterface 112 output for display at the second computing device 114.This distinction between information output at the first computingdevice 108 and the second computing device 114 is represented viaillustration of the horizontal dashed line illustrated in FIGS. 3-6.

In the example illustration, interface 302 includes display of a log-inscreen for a network-based commerce system that hosts the item listing110. Specifically, interface 302 includes a first portion 304 configuredto receive input specifying an identity of a particular user, such as ausername or user account associated with the network-based commercesystem. Interface 302 additionally includes a second portion 306configured to enable a user of the computing device accessing the itemlisting 110 (e.g., first computing device 108) to interact with the itemlisting 110 without disclosing personally identifiable information.Thus, rather than representing a specific layout of an interfaceassociated with the item listing 110, interface 302 is representative offunctionality of the listing modification system 104 to ascertain aninformation useable by the analysis module 120 to generate a useridentifier 202 for user interaction data 106, as described above andillustrated with respect to FIG. 2.

Interface 308 is representative of information included in themodification user interface 112 that conveys information describing oneor more users currently viewing and/or interacting with the item listing110. For instance, interface 308 includes an active user portion 310that comprises a list of different user identifiers 202 for each of aplurality of users currently accessing the item listing 110.Specifically, the active user portion 310 includes user identifiers 312,314, and 316. Each user identifier 312, 314, 316 may correspond to adifferent computing device, may correspond to a different user profileassociated with a single device, or combinations thereof. Althoughillustrated as only including three user identifiers 312, 314, and 316,the modification user interface 112 is configured to display differentuser identifiers for n users, where n represents any suitable integerthat corresponds to a number of different active views of the itemlisting 110. Each user identifier 312, 314, and 316 is selectable viainput at the second computing device 114 to cause display of userinteraction data 106 that describes the corresponding user's interactionwith the item listing 110.

FIG. 4 depicts an example interface for an item listing 110 output atthe first computing device 108 and a corresponding example modificationuser interface 112 output at the second computing device 114. In theillustrated example, interface 302 is representative of a portion of theitem listing 110 as output for display at the first computing device108. Interface 308 correspondingly represents at least a portion of themodification user interface 112 as output for display at the secondcomputing device 114.

As illustrated, interface 302 includes an indication of a useridentifier 312 for a user of the first computing device 108 interactingwith the item listing 110, which is representative of a user identifier202 obtained by the analysis module 120 of the listing modificationsystem 104 from user interaction data 106 received form the firstcomputing device 108. The user identifier 312 may optionally bedisplayed as part of the item listing 110, and is illustrated to reflecta correlation between user interaction data 106 ascertained from thefirst computing device 108 and the corresponding modification userinterface 112 output at the second computing device. Interface 302further includes various example aspects of item listing 110 that may beoutput at the first computing device 108.

For instance, interface 302 includes display of a description 402 forthe item listing 110, shipping options 404 for a subject of the itemlisting 110, user reviews 406 for the item listing 110, and a price 408for a subject of the item listing 110. Although illustrated as beingoutput for display simultaneously at interface 302, the illustratedaspects of item listing 110 may be configured differently such that onlya portion of the item listing 110's aspects are output for display at agiven time. Further, aspects of an example item listing 110 illustratedin interface 302 are not exhaustive and instead represent a propersubset of potential information that may be included in item listing110. For instance, interface 302 further includes display of item images410, 414, and 416, as well as item video 412, which may each beselectable to alter a displayed image and/or video of a subject of theitem listing 110, as output at the first computing device 108.

Interface 308 representative of information included in the modificationuser interface 112 that conveys information describing a manner in whichthe user associated with user identifier 312 (e.g., the user of thefirst computing device 108) interacts with, or otherwise experiences,the item listing 110. For instance, in the illustrated example theactive user portion 310 is updated to reflect that the informationdisplayed in the modification user interface 112 pertains to userinteraction data 106 associated with user identifier 312, visuallyrepresented by the shading of user identifier 312. Interface 308 isfurther illustrated to include information that specifically describeshow the user associated with user identifier 312 navigates or interactswith the item listing 110.

For instance, interface 308 includes display of user interaction data418 and 420, which is representative of information included in theinteraction description 204, generated by the analysis module 120 fromuser interaction data 106. In the illustrated example, user interactiondata 418 includes information describing an identity of the userassociated with user identifier 312, which is anonymized as “User 1.”User interaction data 418 further specifies the item listing 110 towhich the user interaction data corresponds, along with a timestamp anddate associated with the user interaction data 418. Further, userinteraction data includes information describing an action useable todefine a state of the item listing 110 relative to the first computingdevice 108. For instance, in the illustrated example user interactiondata 318 specifies that the item listing 110 was loaded by the firstcomputing device 108 at 11:04:59 PM on Mar. 23, 2020.

As a user of the first computing device 108 continues to interact withthe item listing 110, interface 308 is updated to include additionalinformation describing the user's interaction(s) by virtue of theservice provider device 102 and the first computing device 108 beingconnected via a real time communication protocol. For instance, userinteraction data 420 includes information describing that User 1navigated to a “user reviews” portion of the item listing 110 at11:05:10 PM on Mar. 23, 2020. Thus, the modification user interface 112is configured to update in real time based on received user interactiondata 106 to convey specifically a manner in which the user of the firstcomputing device 108 interacts with the item listing 110. Althoughdescribed and illustrated in FIG. 4 as being conveyed via the textualdescriptions of user interaction data 418 and 420, the modification userinterface 112 is configured to output information describing the useridentifier 202 and the interaction description 204 in any suitablemanner

For instance, in addition or alternatively to conveying user interactiondata 418 and 420 as textual descriptions, the presentation module 122may configure the modification user interface 112 to output userinteraction data 418 in any suitable manner, such as via visualdepictions, audible descriptions, combinations thereof, and so forth.Thus, the modification user interface 112 may be configured to include adisplay of the item listing 110 and a pointer (e.g., cursor) to providea visual representation of how the item listing 110 is output at thefirst computing device 108 in real time, together with informationdescribing inputs received at the first computing device 108, relativeto the item listing 110.

In this mariner, the output of the item listing 110 at the firstcomputing device 108 may be identically output in the modification userinterface 112 at second computing device 114, such that a user of thesecond computing device 114 is able to understand exactly how the itemlisting 110 appears at the first computing device 108, as well as how auser of the first computing device 108 navigates and interacts with theitem listing 110. Using this information a user of the second computingdevice 114 can make an informed decision as to which modificationoption(s) 206 should be selected in order to generate the modified itemlisting 118.

FIG. 5 depicts an example interface for an item listing 110 output atthe first computing device 108 and a corresponding example modificationuser interface 112 output at the second computing device 114. In theillustrated example, interface 302 is representative of a portion of theitem listing 110 as output for display at the first computing device108. Interface 308 correspondingly represents at least a portion of themodification user interface 112 as output for display at the secondcomputing device 114.

As illustrated, interface 308 includes information of the modificationuser interface 112 as illustrated and described above with respect toFIG. 4, with the addition of a modification portion 502 that includesone or more of the modification options 206 identified by the analysismodule 120 based on the item listing 110 and corresponding userinteraction data 106. For example, the modification portion 502 includesa modification option 504 that is selectable to alter a price associatedwith the item listing 110, as output at the first computing device 108.The modification portion 502 further includes a modification option 506that is selectable to change a title associated with the item listing110, as output at the first computing device 108. In addition, themodification portion 502 includes a modification option 508 that isselectable to alter the item listing 110, as output at the firstcomputing device 108, in a manner that incentives a user to continueengaging with the item listing 110. Although illustrated as includingonly three specific modification options 504, 506, and 508, themodification portion 502 of the modification user interface 112 isconfigured to include any number of controls that are each selectable toalter a visual or audible appearance of the item listing 110, as outputat the first computing device 108.

In the illustrated example of FIG. 5, interface 308 depicts modificationoption 504 as being selected, via the shading of the check boxassociated with modification option 504. In response to receivingselection of modification option 504, interface 308 may be updated todisplay modification control 510, which is configured to receive inputthat specifies a particular manner in which the portion of the itemlisting 110 corresponding to modification option 504 is to be modified.For instance, in response to receiving selection of modification option504, indicating that a price of the item listing 110 as output at thefirst computing device 108 is to be modified, the modification userinterface 112 may be updated to display modification control 510, whichprompts a user of the second computing device 114 to input a valuedefining the modified price for the item listing 110. The illustratedexample of FIG. 5 reflects input to the modification control 510designating a modified price of $90.00 for the item listing 110 at thefirst computing device 108, representing a change from the previousprice of $110.00, as illustrated in FIG. 4.

In response to receiving an indication of input at the modificationcontrol 510, the listing modification system 104 is configured togenerate modification instructions 116 that are useable by thepresentation module 122 to generate a modified item listing 118 foroutput at the first computing device 108. Interface 308 of FIG. 5 isrepresentative of a modified item listing 118 generated in response toreceiving input to the modification control 510, where the modified itemlisting 118 output at the first computing device 108 is updated toreflect the modified price of $90.00, as indicated at portion 512 of themodified item listing 118. Other portions of the modified item listing118 not subject to modification by the modification instructions 116remain unchanged. In addition or alternatively to modifying existingaspects of the item listing 110, controls of the modification userinterface 112 may be used to add or remove aspects from the item listing110, as output at the first computing device 108.

FIG. 6 depicts an example interface for an item listing 110 output atthe first computing device 108 and a corresponding example modificationuser interface 112 output at the second computing device 114. In theillustrated example, interface 302 is representative of a portion of theitem listing 110 as output for display at the first computing device108. Interface 308 correspondingly represents at least a portion of themodification user interface 112 as output for display at the secondcomputing device 114.

As illustrated, interface 308 includes information of the modificationuser interface 112 as illustrated and described above with respect toFIG. 5, with example modification controls that are useable to alter theitem listing 110, as output at the first computing device 108, by addingor removing aspects from the item listing 110. For instance, in theillustrated example of FIG. 6, interface 308 depicts modification option508 as being selected to alter the item listing 110, as output at thefirst computing device 108, in a manner that incentives a user tocontinue engaging with the item listing 110.

In response to receiving selection of modification option 508, themodification user interface 112, as represented by interface 308, may beupdated to display modification controls 602, 604, and 606. Modificationcontrol 602 is representative of a control selectable to modify the itemlisting 110 to display a 20% discount incentive at the first computingdevice 108. Modification control 604 is representative of a controlselectable to modify the item listing 110 to display a “Buy-One-Get-One”incentive at the first computing device 108. Modification control 606 isrepresentative of a control selectable to modify the item listing 110 todisplay an inventive describing benefits of subscribing to scheduledorders of the subject of the item listing 110.

The illustrated example of FIG. 6 reflects input to the modificationcontrol 602 designating that a 20% discount incentive for a subject ofthe item listing 110 is to be added and output as part of the modifieditem listing 118. In response to receiving an indication of input at themodification control 602, the listing modification system 104 isconfigured to generate modification instructions 116 that are useable bythe presentation module 122 to generate a modified item listing 118 foroutput at the first computing device 108.

Interface 308 of FIG. 6 is representative of a modified item listing 118generated in response to receiving input to the modification control602, where the modified item listing 118 includes the additional displayof inventive 608. In addition to causing display of the incentive 608,the modification instructions 116 generated from the selection ofmodification control 602 may cause modification of a price associatedwith the subject of the item listing 110, as indicated at portion 610 ofthe modified item listing 118. Other portions of the modified itemlisting 110 not subject to modification by the modification instructions116 remain unchanged to preserve a user experience with the itemlisting.

Having considered example details of generating a modified item listing118 for output to a first computing device 108 based on user interactiondata 106 describing a user of the first computing device 108'sinteractions with an item listing 110, consider now example proceduresto illustrate aspects of the techniques described herein.

Example Procedures

The following discussion describes techniques that may be implementedutilizing the previously described systems and devices. Aspects of eachof the procedures may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, ora combination thereof. The procedures are shown as a set of blocks thatspecify operations performed by one or more devices and are notnecessarily limited to the orders shown for performing the operations bythe respective blocks. In portions of the following discussion,reference may be made to FIGS. 1-6.

FIG. 7 depicts a procedure 700 in an example implementation ofgenerating a modified item listing in accordance with aspects of thetechniques described herein. User interaction data describing anidentity of a user interacting with a virtual marketplace during abrowsing session at a client device is received from the client device(block 702). The analysis module 120 of the listing modification system104, for instance, receives user interaction data 106 from firstcomputing device 108 via a real time communication protocol. Theidentity of the user is then displayed in a user interface (block 704).The analysis module 120 of the listing modification system 104, forinstance, analyzes the user interaction data 106 to generate the useridentifier 202. The user identifier is then communicated to thepresentation module 122 for inclusion in the modification user interface112 to be output at the second computing device 114. The user identifiermay be displayed as one of user identifiers 312, 314, or 316 in theactive user portion 310 of the modification user interface 112.

Additional user interaction data describing the user interacting with anitem listing of the virtual marketplace during the browsing session isreceived from the client device (block 706). The analysis module 120 ofthe listing modification system 104, for instance, receives userinteraction data 106 from first computing device 108 describing a mannerin which a user interacts with, or otherwise experiences output of, theitem listing 110 at the first computing device 108.

The user interface is then modified during the browsing session todisplay the user interaction data and present a plurality of optionsthat are each selectable to dynamically modify the item listing, asdisplayed at the client device, during the browsing session (block 708).The analysis module 120 of the listing modification system 104, forinstance, continuously receives user interaction data 106 from firstcomputing device 108 via a real time communication protocol. Theanalysis module 120 then analyzes the user interaction data 106 togenerate the interaction description 204. The interaction description204 is representative of information describing with specificity how theitem listing 110 is output at the first computing device 108, how theitem listing 110 is navigated at the first computing device 108, inputsto a display of the item listing 110, historical information describingthe identified user's behavior with respect to the virtual marketplacethat includes the item listing 110, combinations thereof, and so forth.

In addition to generating the interaction description 204, the analysismodule 120 is configured to generate one or more modification options206 based on its analysis of the user interaction data 106. In additionto identifying certain modification options 206 based on the userinteraction data 106, the analysis module 120 is configured to identifyeach discrete portion of the item listing 110 (e.g., title, price,description, user reviews, shipping options, and so forth) and generatea corresponding modification option 206 that pertains to the discreteportion of the item listing 110. In this manner, the modificationoptions 206 generated by the analysis module 120 are representative ofaltering any potential manner in which the item listing 110 is visuallyand/or audibly output at the first computing device 108. The interactiondescription 204 and the modification options 206 are subsequentlycommunicated to the presentation module 122 for inclusion in themodification user interface to be output at the second computing device114. The interaction description and the modification options 206 may betranslated by the presentation module 122 into any suitable form (e.g.,textual, audible, visual, combinations thereof, and so forth) and outputfor display at portions 418, 420, and 502, as illustrated in FIGS. 4-6.

A selection of one of the plurality of modification options is thendetected (block 710). The modification module 124 of the listingmodification system 104, for instance, receives an indication of amodification control selected via the modification user interface 112 atthe second computing device 114. The indication may be received in theform of modification instructions 116, or as information identifying theselected modification option and one or more values defining how one ormore aspects of the item listing 110 should appear in the modified itemlisting 118. The modification module 124, for instance, receives anindication from the second computing device 114 that one or more of themodification options 504, 506, or 508 are selected, together with anindication of information input to the corresponding one or moremodification controls 510, 602, 604, or 606.

The item listing at the client device is then dynamically modifiedduring the browsing session based on the selected one or moremodification options (block 712). The modification module 124, forinstance, generates modification instructions 116 based on theindication of the selected modification option and any values input tothe corresponding modification control(s). The modification instructionsare passed to the presentation module 122, which is configured togenerate the modified item listing 118 by applying the modificationinstructions 116 to the item listing 110. The modified item listing 118is selectively output to only the first computing device 108, withoutaltering an output of the item listing 110 as may be simultaneouslyaccessed by computing devices other than the first computing device 108.Output of the modified item listing 118 occurs in real time as the firstcomputing device 108 is accessing the item listing 110, such that a userof the first computing device 108 does not need to refresh or otherwiseremove focus from the item listing 110 in order to output the modifieditem listing 118 in its place.

FIG. 8 depicts a procedure 800 in an example implementation ofautomatically generating a modified item listing independent of userintervention in accordance with aspects of the techniques describedherein. User interaction data describing an identity of a userinteracting with a virtual marketplace, and a manner in which the userinteracts with an item listing of the virtual marketplace, during abrowsing session at a client device is received from the client device(block 802). The analysis module 120 of the listing modification system104, for instance, receives user interaction data 106 from firstcomputing device 108 via a real time communication protocol. Theanalysis module 120 then analyzes the user interaction data 106 togenerate the user identifier 202 and the interaction description 204.The interaction description 204 is representative of informationdescribing with specificity how the item listing 110 is output at thefirst computing device 108, how the item listing 110 is navigated at thefirst computing device 108, inputs to a display of the item listing 110,historical information describing the identified user's behavior withrespect to the virtual marketplace that includes the item listing 110,combinations thereof, and so forth.

A plurality of modification options for altering an output of the itemlisting at the client device are then identified (block 804). Theanalysis module 120, for instance, identifies one or more modificationoptions 206 based on its analysis of the user interaction data 106. Inaddition to identifying certain modification options 206 based on theuser interaction data 106, the analysis module 120 is configured toidentify each discrete portion of the item listing 110 (e.g., title,price, description, user reviews, shipping options, and so forth) andgenerate a corresponding modification option 206 that pertains to thediscrete portion of the item listing 110. In this manner, themodification options 206 generated by the analysis module 120 arerepresentative of altering any potential manner in which the itemlisting 110 is visually and/or audibly output at the first computingdevice 108.

At least one of the plurality of modification options is then selectedusing a trained machine learning model, and independent of userintervention, based on the user interaction data (block 806). Themodification module 124 of the listing modification system 104, forinstance, receives the user identifier 202, the interaction description204, and the modification options 206 from the analysis module 120, asgenerated from the user interaction data 106. The modification module124 then aggregates this received information together and provides theaggregated information as an input to the trained machine learning model208, which is configured to recognize patterns form input data andautomatically select one or more of the modification options 206.

A modified version of the item listing is then generated based on theselected one of the plurality of modification options (block 808). Themodification module 124, for instance, generates modificationinstructions 116 based on the selected modification option and anycorresponding values generated by the machine learning model 208. Themodification instructions 116 are then passed to the presentation module122, which is configured to generate the modified item listing 118 byapplying the modification instructions 116 to the item listing 110.

The modified version of the item listing is then output to the clientdevice during the browsing session (block 810). The presentation module122 of the listing modification system 104, for instance, outputs themodified item listing 118 to only the first computing device 108,without altering an output of the item listing 110 as may besimultaneously accessed by computing devices other than the firstcomputing device 108. Output of the modified item listing 118 occurs inreal time as the first computing device 108 is accessing the itemlisting 110, such that a user of the first computing device 108 does notneed to refresh or otherwise remove focus from the item listing 110 inorder to output the modified item listing 118 in its place.

Having described example procedures in accordance with one or moreimplementations, consider now an example system and device that can beutilized to implement the various techniques described herein.

Example System and Device

FIG. 9 illustrates an example system generally at 900 that includes anexample computing device 902 that is representative of one or morecomputing systems and/or devices that may implement the varioustechniques described herein. This is illustrated through inclusion ofthe listing modification system 104. The computing device 902 may be,for example, a server of a service provider, a device associated with aclient (e.g., a client device), an on-chip system, and/or any othersuitable computing device or computing system.

The example computing device 902 includes a processing system 904, oneor more computer-readable media 906, and one or more I/O interface 908that are communicatively coupled, one to another. Although not shown,the computing device 902 may further include a system bus or other dataand command transfer system that couples the various components, one toanother. A system bus can include any one or combination of differentbus structures, such as a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheralbus, a universal serial bus, and/or a processor or local bus thatutilizes any of a variety of bus architectures. A variety of otherexamples are also contemplated, such as control and data lines.

The processing system 904 is representative of functionality to performone or more operations using hardware. Accordingly, the processingsystem 904 is illustrated as including hardware elements 910 that may beconfigured as processors, functional blocks, and so forth. This mayinclude implementation in hardware as an application specific integratedcircuit or other logic device formed using one or more semiconductors.The hardware elements 910 are not limited by the materials from whichthey are formed or the processing mechanisms employed therein. Forexample, processors may be comprised of semiconductor(s) and/ortransistors (e.g., electronic integrated circuits (ICs)). In such acontext, processor-executable instructions may beelectronically-executable instructions.

The computer-readable storage media 906 is illustrated as includingmemory/storage 912. The memory/storage 912 represents memory/storagecapacity associated with one or more computer-readable media. Thememory/storage component 912 may include volatile media (such as randomaccess memory (RAM)) and/or nonvolatile media (such as read only memory(ROM), Flash memory, optical disks, magnetic disks, and so forth). Thememory/storage component 912 may include fixed media (e.g., RAM, ROM, afixed hard drive, and so on) as well as removable media (e.g., Flashmemory, a removable hard drive, an optical disc, and so forth). Thecomputer-readable media 906 may be configured in a variety of other waysas further described below.

Input/output interface(s) 908 are representative of functionality toallow a user to enter commands and information to the example serviceprovider device 902, and also allow information to be presented to theuser and/or other components or devices using various input/outputdevices. Examples of input devices include a keyboard, a cursor controldevice (e.g., a mouse), a microphone, a scanner, touch functionality(e.g., capacitive or other sensors that are configured to detectphysical touch), a camera (e.g., which may employ visible or non-visiblewavelengths such as infrared frequencies to recognize movement asgestures that do not involve touch), and so forth. Examples of outputdevices include a display device (e.g., a monitor or projector),speakers, a printer, a network card, tactile-response device, and soforth. Thus, the computing device 902 may be configured in a variety ofways as further described below to support user interaction.

Various techniques may be described herein in the general context ofsoftware, hardware elements, or program modules. Generally, such modulesinclude routines, programs, objects, elements, components, datastructures, and so forth that perform particular tasks or implementparticular abstract data types. The terms “module,” “functionality,” and“component” as used herein generally represent software, firmware,hardware, or a combination thereof. The features of the techniquesdescribed herein are platform-independent, meaning that the techniquesmay be implemented on a variety of commercial computing platforms havinga variety of processors.

An implementation of the described modules and techniques may be storedon or transmitted across some form of computer-readable media. Thecomputer-readable media may include a variety of media that may beaccessed by the example computing device 902. By way of example, and notlimitation, computer-readable media may include “computer-readablestorage media” and “computer-readable signal media.”

“Computer-readable storage media” may refer to media and/or devices thatenable persistent and/or non-transitory storage of information, incontrast to mere signal transmission, carrier waves, or signals per se.Thus, computer-readable storage media refers to non-signal bearingmedia. The computer-readable storage media includes hardware such asvolatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removable media and/orstorage devices implemented in a method or technology suitable forstorage of information such as computer readable instructions, datastructures, program modules, logic elements/circuits, or other data.Examples of computer-readable storage media may include, but are notlimited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology,CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, harddisks, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or othermagnetic storage devices, or other storage device, tangible media, orarticle of manufacture suitable to store the desired information andwhich may be accessed by a computer.

“Computer-readable signal media” may refer to a signal-bearing mediumthat is configured to transmit instructions to the hardware of thecomputing device 902, such as via a network. Signal media typically mayembody computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules,or other data in a modulated data signal, such as carrier waves, datasignals, or other transport mechanism. Signal media also include anyinformation delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” means asignal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed insuch a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example,and not limitation, communication media include wired media such as awired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such asacoustic, RF, infrared, and other wireless media.

As previously described, hardware elements 910 and computer-readablemedia 906 are representative of modules, programmable device logicand/or fixed device logic implemented in a hardware form that may beemployed in some embodiments to implement at least some aspects of thetechniques described herein, such as to perform one or moreinstructions. Hardware may include components of an integrated circuitor on-chip system, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), afield-programmable gate array (FPGA), a complex programmable logicdevice (CPLD), and other implementations in silicon or other hardware.In this context, hardware may operate as a processing device thatperforms program tasks defined by instructions and/or logic embodied bythe hardware as well as a hardware utilized to store instructions forexecution, e.g., the computer-readable storage media describedpreviously.

Combinations of the foregoing may also be employed to implement varioustechniques described herein. Accordingly, software, hardware, orexecutable modules may be implemented as one or more instructions and/orlogic embodied on some form of computer-readable storage media and/or byone or more hardware elements 910. The example computing device 902 maybe configured to implement particular instructions and/or functionscorresponding to the software and/or hardware modules. Accordingly,implementation of a module that is executable by the example computingdevice 902 as software may be achieved at least partially in hardware,e.g., through use of computer-readable storage media and/or hardwareelements 910 of the processing system 904. The instructions and/orfunctions may be executable/operable by one or more articles ofmanufacture (for example, one or more example computing devices 902and/or processing systems 904) to implement techniques, modules, andexamples described herein.

The techniques described herein may be supported by variousconfigurations of the computing device 902 and are not limited to thespecific examples of the techniques described herein. This functionalitymay also be implemented all or in part through use of a distributedsystem, such as over a “cloud” 914 via a platform 916 as describedbelow.

The cloud 914 includes and/or is representative of a platform 916 forresources 918. The platform 916 abstracts underlying functionality ofhardware (e.g., servers) and software resources of the cloud 914. Theresources 918 may include applications and/or data that can be utilizedwhile computer processing is executed on servers that are remote fromthe example computing device 902. Resources 918 can also includeservices provided over the Internet and/or through a subscriber network,such as a cellular or Wi-Fi network.

The platform 916 may abstract resources and functions to connect theexample computing device 902 with other computing devices. The platform916 may also serve to abstract scaling of resources to provide acorresponding level of scale to encountered demand for the resources 918that are implemented via the platform 916. Accordingly, in aninterconnected device embodiment, implementation of functionalitydescribed herein may be distributed throughout the system 900. Forexample, the functionality may be implemented in part on the examplecomputing device 902 as well as via the platform 916 that abstracts thefunctionality of the cloud 914.

Conclusion

Although the invention has been described in language specific tostructural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understoodthat the invention defined in the appended claims is not necessarilylimited to the specific features or acts described. Rather, the specificfeatures and acts are disclosed as example forms of implementing theclaimed invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computingdevice, user interaction data from a client device describing a userinteracting with an item listing of a virtual marketplace during abrowsing session at the client device; displaying, by the computingdevice, a user interface that includes information describing the userinteracting with the item listing and presents a plurality of options,each of the plurality of options being selectable to dynamically modifythe item listing as displayed at the client device during the browsingsession; receiving, by the computing device, input selecting one of theplurality of options; and dynamically modifying, by the computingdevice, the item listing during the browsing session based on theselected one of the plurality of options.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein the plurality of options include an option to change at leastone of a price, a title, or a shipping option for the item listing. 3.The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction data is receivedfrom the client device via a real time communication protocol.
 4. Themethod as described in claim 1, wherein the information describing theuser interacting with the item listing comprises at least one timestampindicating when the user interacts with the item listing.
 5. The methodas described in claim 1, wherein the plurality of options include anoption to visually emphasize an alternative purchase mechanism for asubject of the item listing.
 6. The method as described in claim 1,wherein the plurality of options include an option to modify the itemlisting using a different image for the item.
 7. The method as describedin claim 1, wherein the plurality of options include an option todisplay a video in the item listing.
 8. A computer-readable storagemedium storing instructions that are executable by a processing deviceto perform operations comprising: receiving user interaction data from aclient device describing a user interacting with an item listing of avirtual marketplace during a browsing session at the client device;displaying a user interface at a computing device that is different fromthe client device, the user interface including information describingthe user interacting with the item listing and presents a plurality ofoptions, each of the plurality of options being selectable todynamically modify the item listing as displayed at the client deviceduring the browsing session; receiving input selecting one of theplurality of options at the computing device; and dynamically modifyingthe item listing displayed at the client device during the browsingsession based on the selected one of the plurality of options.
 9. Thecomputer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the plurality ofoptions include an option to change at least one of a price, a title, ora shipping option for the item listing.
 10. The computer-readablestorage medium of claim 8, wherein the user interaction data is receivedfrom the client device via a real time communication protocol.
 11. Thecomputer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the informationdescribing the user interacting with the item listing comprises at leastone timestamp indicating when the user interacts with the item listing.12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein theplurality of options include an option to visually emphasize analternative purchase mechanism for a subject of the item listing. 13.The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the pluralityof options include an option to modify the item listing using adifferent image for the item.
 14. The computer-readable storage mediumof claim 8, wherein the plurality of options include an option todisplay a video in the item listing.
 15. A system comprising: one ormore processors; and a computer-readable storage medium storinginstructions that are executable by the one or more processors toperform operations comprising: receiving user interaction data from aclient device describing a user interacting with an item listing of avirtual marketplace during a browsing session at the client device;displaying a user interface at a computing device that is different fromthe client device, the user interface including information describingthe user interacting with the item listing and presents a plurality ofoptions, each of the plurality of options being selectable todynamically modify the item listing as displayed at the client deviceduring the browsing session; receiving input selecting one of theplurality of options at the computing device; and dynamically modifyingthe item listing displayed at the client device during the browsingsession based on the selected one of the plurality of options.
 16. Thesystem of claim 15, wherein the plurality of options include an optionto change at least one of a price, a title, or a shipping option for theitem listing.
 17. The system of claim 15, wherein the user interactiondata is received from the client device via a real time communicationprotocol.
 18. The system of claim 15, wherein the information describingthe user interacting with the item listing comprises at least onetimestamp indicating when the user interacts with the item listing. 19.The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of options include anoption to visually emphasize an alternative purchase mechanism for asubject of the item listing.
 20. The method as described in claim 1,wherein the plurality of options include an option to modify the itemlisting using a different image for the item and an option to display avideo in the item listing.